-RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * June 9, 2023 * NYNY2306.09
- Birds Mentioned King Rail+ WHITE-WINGED TERN+ ANHINGA+ (+ Details requested by NYSARC) KING EIDER Eurasian Collared-Dove White-rumped Sandpiper RED-NECKED PHALAROPE Parasitic Jaeger Iceland Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Least Tern Gull-billed Tern Black Tern Roseate Tern Common Tern ARCTIC TERN Forster’s Tern Royal Tern Black Skimmer Wilson’s Storm-Petrel Cory’s Shearwater Sooty Shearwater Great Shearwater Manx Shearwater BROWN PELICAN Tricolored Heron Acadian Flycatcher Grasshopper Sparrow Nelson’s Sparrow YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER Mourning Warbler Kentucky 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 Greetings! This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, June 9, 2023 at 9:00 p.m. The highlights of today's tape are WHITE-WINGED and ARCTIC TERNS, ANHINGA, BROWN PELICAN, KING EIDER, RED-NECKED PHALAROPE, YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER, SUMMER TANAGER, BLUE GROSBEAK and more. With the TERN colony at Nickerson Beach nearing its peak, the activity there has been attracting a number of great birds, topped by a breeding plumaged WHITE-WINGED TERN found there Thursday morning. The TERN soon flew out to sea but did return for a repeat performance on Friday morning, its exit seaward leaving hopes it might do the same on Saturday. Also at Nickerson, the first ARCTIC TERN of the season was spotted there last Sunday, this adult followed by singles, both adult and immature, peaking with three on Thursday; the appearance of this species is likely to continue a short while longer. Other terns seen recently there have included a small number of BLACKS and ROSEATES, a GULL-BILLED or two, a few arriving ROYALS and low numbers of LEASTS and FORSTER’S, along with lots of COMMONS and BLACK SKIMMERS. And that's not all - other nice finds at Nickerson this week have included four BROWN PELICANS moving eastward offshore this afternoon, a female KING EIDER on the ocean in a SCOTER flock Thursday, a few WILSON’S STORM-PETRELS seen offshore, a small number of LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS loafing on the beach, and about 18 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES moving by last Saturday. A female ANHINGA last Saturday landed for about 10 minutes at a pond at the Mount Loretto Unique Area on Staten Island before taking off and disappearing. The Captree Summer Bird Count held last Saturday recorded a record 142 species, its many highlights including a EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE in Oakdale, 2 KING RAILS, 377 RED NECKED PHALAROPES, 2 PARASITIC JEAGERS, 5 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS, 129 BLACK SKIMMERS, 275 WILSON’S STORM-PETRALS, 2 CORY’S, 5 SOOTY, 2 GREAT and 2 MANX SHEARWATERS, 3 TRICOLORED HERONS, ACADIAN FLYCATCHER, GRASSHOPPER SPARROW and the YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER at the Bayard Cutting Arboretum . The RED-NECKED PHALAROPE incursion from the prior week also provided about 30 off Robert Moses State Park Sunday and Monday, 2 along Dune Road Monday and 4 off Fort Tilden Wednesday. Three WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS visited Miller Field on Staten Island Tuesday through Thursday, with 2 today at Plumb Beach, where an ICELAND GULL appeared last Sunday and Monday. Two ROYAL TERNS were seen and photographed Thursday afternoon on the Hudson River at the Ossining waterfront. Among various later migrants this week were ACADIAN FLYCATCHERS noted in Central, Prospect and Forest Parks and up to 3 NELSON’S SPARROWS at Plumb Beach, while various WARBLERS still moving through featured several MOURNINGS plus a KENTUCKY on Staten Island last weekend. A SUMMER TANAGER was found in the Rocky Point Pine Barrens last Monday, with another in Prospect Park Tuesday and Wednesday, and BLUE GROSBEAKS continue out around the very productive Calverton Grasslands, which show signs of further degradation and really need a major effort towards preservation. 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. 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