-RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * June 30, 2023 * NYNY2306.30
- Birds Mentioned LEACH’S STORM-PETREL+ BAND-RUMPED STORM-PETREL+ NEOTROPIC CORMORANT+ (+ Details requested by NYSARC) POMARINE JAEGER CASPIAN TERN BLACK TERN Wilson’s Storm-Petrel Cory's Shearwater Sooty Shearwater Great Shearwater MANX SHEARWATER AUDUBON’S SHEARWATER BROWN PELICAN Red-headed Woodpecker Acadian Flycatcher White-eyed Vireo Purple Finch White-throated Sparrow YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER 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 30, 2023 at 11:00 p.m. The highlights of today's tape are NEOTROPIC CORMORANT, BROWN PELICAN, pelagic trip results including BAND-RUMPED and LEACH’S STORM-PETRELS and AUDUBON’S and MANX SHEARWATERS, POMARINE JAEGER, CASPIAN and BLACK TERNS, BLUE GROSBEAK, YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER and more. The Staten Island immature NEOTROPIC CORMORANT appeared again briefly at Wolfe’s Pond Park last Saturday and again on Tuesday, and an adult was photographed Saturday out in the bay south of the West Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, but good news - what's likely the same adult present last fall on the Hudson River up in Newburgh, Orange County, was spotted there on Tuesday and has been present daily since, ranging between the Newburgh-Beacon ferry terminal and the pilings off the Global Oil Terminal south of there along River Road. A few BROWN PELICANS continue to appear along the Atlantic, with two off Miller Field Beach on Staten Island Wednesday followed by singles on Thursday seen moving east off Cupsogue Beach County Park and west off Robert Moses State Park. A pelagic trip leaving Brooklyn Sunday evening aboard the American Princess headed out to Hudson Canyon, returning the next evening. Bird highlights included 329 WILSON’S, 11 LEACH’S, and 8 BAND-RUMPED STORM-PETRELS and 120 CORY'S, 350 GREAT, 3 SOOTY, 4 MANX and 13 AUDUBON’S SHEARWATERS, while mammals featured single Sperm, Fin and Humpback Whales and Striped, Common, Bottlenose and Risso’s Dolphins. A POMARINE JAEGER, perhaps not in the peak of health, was seen on the beach near Smith Point County Park in Shirley on both Monday and Tuesday, while other pelagics from shore this week were often sparse, though the flight Tuesday off Robert Moses State Park did produce 1 MANX, 55 CORY’S and 45 GREAT SHEARWATERS plus some WILSON’S STORM-PETRELS. Late TERNS included one or more CASPIANS along Staten Island and the Hudson River and single BLACKS at Nickerson Beach Tuesday and Great Kills Park yesterday. A few RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS continue to be seen along the Paumanok Trail and elsewhere in the Manorville and Calverton area. ACADIAN FLYCATCHERS were singing during the week in Prospect, Forest and Alley Pond Parks, while YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS continue at the Bayard Cutting Arboretum in Great River, and BLUE GROSBEAKS remain around the productive grasslands at the former Grumman Airport in Calverton. Among the various floaters noted recently, these generally comprising very late and usually non-nesting migrants or birds disrupted while nesting and moving on, have recently included WHITE-EYED VIREO, PURPLE FINCH and WHITE-THROATED SPARROW. 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 -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
