– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Jun. 26, 2020
* NYNY2006.26
– Birds mentioned
BROWN PELICAN+
WHITE-FACED IBIS+
PURPLE GALLINULE+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
Gull-billed Tern
Royal Tern
Roseate Tern
BLACK TERN
Cory’s Shearwater
LEAST BITTERN
Tricolored Heron
AMERICAN AVOCET
WHIMBREL
Northern Bobwhite
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
Red-headed Woodpecker
BLUE GROSBEAK
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
– Transcript
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: Ben Cacace
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Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, June 26th 2020 at 9pm. The highlights of today’s tape are PURPLE GALLINULE, WHITE-FACED IBIS, BROWN PELICAN, AMERICAN AVOCET, WHIMBREL, LEAST BITTERN, BLACK TERN, YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER, BLUE GROSBEAK and more.
Some interesting birds this week certainly include the adult PURPLE GALLINULE found earlier in the week apparently on Long Beach Island deemed to be in good health and released Tuesday at Twin Lakes Preserve in East Wantagh. The GALLINULE has since then been frequenting the lower western side of a densely vegetated lower lake seen from a path that begins off Park Avenue and goes north parallel to Old Mill Road. The bird has been showing a tendency to remain close to the lake’s western shore and thus often visible from the path. But were it to venture out into the denser vegetation it could become more difficult to locate. Interestingly another adult had also appeared early this month out in a private community on eastern Long Island.
The adult WHITE-FACED IBIS was reported again last Saturday at the Captree Island marsh where herons this week have also featured irregular visits by a TRICOLORED HERON.
Three BROWN PELICANS, one photographed, appeared this morning off field 2 at Robert Moses State Park this following another report from yesterday of 14 off Cupsogue County Park in West Hampton Dunes. A seawatch off Moses field 2 Thursday afternoon was slow but did feature single CORY’S and GREAT SHEARWATERS.
A nice find was an adult AMERICAN AVOCET seen briefly last Saturday morning as it paid a quick visit to the Timber Point Golf Course Marina. Two WHIMBREL flew by Breezy Point last Sunday with one also seen at nearby Jacob Riis Park. Also noted that day at Breezy Point were one BLACK and 4 ROSEATE TERNS and one BLACK-BILLED plus 2 YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOOS. ROYAL TERN numbers increasing this week included 8 at mid Fire Island Tuesday and 6 at Sagg Pond in Bridgehampton Thursday. At least one LEAST BITTERN was still frequenting Big John’s Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge on Thursday, the bay also hosting a GULL-BILLED TERN last weekend.
A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER has been visiting the Rockefeller State Park Preserve in central Westchester recently.
A recent spike in NORTHERN BOBWHITE sightings indicates further reintroduction attempts on Long Island and hopefully a few will take hold.
Continuing this week are the YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER at the Bayard Cutting Arboretum in Great River and the BLUE GROSBEAKS around the Calverton Grasslands these among the many local species that should not be disturbed in any way during nesting season,
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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