[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 6 May 2022
-RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * May 6, 2022 * NYNY2205.06 - Birds Mentioned BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER+ (+ Details requested by NYSARC) Common Nighthawk CHUCK-WILL'S-WIDOW Eastern Whip-poor-will Semipalmated Plover UPLAND SANDPIPER ICELAND GULL Lesser Black-backed Gull CASPIAN TERN Red-headed Woodpecker Olive-sided Flycatcher Acadian Flycatcher Least Flycatcher PHILADELPHIA VIREO Swainson's Thrush Grasshopper Sparrow Seaside Sparrow YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT PROTHONOTARY WARBLER Tennessee Warbler Orange-crowned Warbler Mourning Warbler KENTUCKY WARBLER Cerulean 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 http://www.nybirds.org/NYSARC/goodreport.htm You can also send reports and digital image files via email to nysarc44nybirdsorg 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 6, 2022 at 11:00 pm. The highlights of today's tape are BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER, CHUCK-WILL'S-WIDOW, UPLAND SANDPIPER, ICELAND GULL, CASPIAN TERN, PHILADELPHIA VIREO, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, PROTHONOTARY, YELLOW-THROATED and KENTUCKY WARBLERS, BLUE GROSBEAK, SUMMER TANAGER and more. This week’s one true rarity involved the refinding last Saturday afternoon of the male BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER that had been discovered two days earlier in the Midwood in Prospect Park, this individual unfortunately not reported since Saturday. A nice assortment of migrants occurring during the week featured a CHUCK-WILL'S-WIDOW found Wednesday in Central Park's north end, while other members of this family included an EASTERN WHIP-POOR-WILL on Governors Island today and a COMMON NIGHTHAWK photographed yesterday at Jones Beach State Park. An UPLAND SANDPIPER was described feeding on a sod field along Head of the Neck Road in Manorville last Sunday morning, but this now scarce visitor locally could not be relocated later. An immature ICELAND GULL was present Wednesday at Robert Moses State Park, where 12 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were also gathered, their spring numbers on the increase. CASPIAN TERNS, still moving through, on Wednesday included two at Georgica Cove in East Hampton and one at Swan Lake in East Patchogue. A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was reported from Central Park's north end today, and another continues at Rockefeller State Park Preserve in Westchester. An unusual three PHILADELPHIA VIREOS reported this week included one Tuesday at Southards Pond Park in Babylon and singles Thursday in Central Park and at Flushing Meadows Corona Park. A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was present last Friday and Saturday at Pipes Cove Preserve in Greenport West on the North Fork. A good selection of WARBLERS this week featured a female PROTHONOTARY WARBLER at Fort Tryon Park in upper Manhattan on Sunday and a KENTUCKY WARBLER at Brooklyn Bridge Park on Monday and Tuesday. A few YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS this week included one in Central Park to Wednesday and singles Thursday at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn and at Hunter's Garden in Eastport, as well as the continuing birds at the Bayard Cutting Arboretum in Great River. ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS were noted in Central Park from Saturday and at Robert Moses State Park Thursday. Other WARBLERS arriving recently have included TENNESSEE, a MOURNING in Green-Wood Cemetery Tuesday, CERULEAN, BLACKPOLL, CANADA and WILSON'S. A SUMMER TANAGER was found in Green-Wood Cemetery on Tuesday, Migrant BLUE GROSBEAKS were seen at Co-op City in the Bronx on Monday and Tuesday and at Robert Moses State Park yesterday. BLUE GROSBEAK has also returned to its nesting territory in Calverton, and remember, please, do not do anything that might disturb these or any sensitive breeding birds. Among the many other migrants occurring locally have been SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, OLIVE-SIDED, ACADIAN and LEAST FLYCATCHERS, SWAINSON'S THRUSH, and GRASSHOPPER and SEASIDE 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. -- 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)
[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 6 May 2022
-RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * May 6, 2022 * NYNY2205.06 - Birds Mentioned BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER+ (+ Details requested by NYSARC) Common Nighthawk CHUCK-WILL'S-WIDOW Eastern Whip-poor-will Semipalmated Plover UPLAND SANDPIPER ICELAND GULL Lesser Black-backed Gull CASPIAN TERN Red-headed Woodpecker Olive-sided Flycatcher Acadian Flycatcher Least Flycatcher PHILADELPHIA VIREO Swainson's Thrush Grasshopper Sparrow Seaside Sparrow YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT PROTHONOTARY WARBLER Tennessee Warbler Orange-crowned Warbler Mourning Warbler KENTUCKY WARBLER Cerulean 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 http://www.nybirds.org/NYSARC/goodreport.htm You can also send reports and digital image files via email to nysarc44nybirdsorg 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 6, 2022 at 11:00 pm. The highlights of today's tape are BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER, CHUCK-WILL'S-WIDOW, UPLAND SANDPIPER, ICELAND GULL, CASPIAN TERN, PHILADELPHIA VIREO, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, PROTHONOTARY, YELLOW-THROATED and KENTUCKY WARBLERS, BLUE GROSBEAK, SUMMER TANAGER and more. This week’s one true rarity involved the refinding last Saturday afternoon of the male BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER that had been discovered two days earlier in the Midwood in Prospect Park, this individual unfortunately not reported since Saturday. A nice assortment of migrants occurring during the week featured a CHUCK-WILL'S-WIDOW found Wednesday in Central Park's north end, while other members of this family included an EASTERN WHIP-POOR-WILL on Governors Island today and a COMMON NIGHTHAWK photographed yesterday at Jones Beach State Park. An UPLAND SANDPIPER was described feeding on a sod field along Head of the Neck Road in Manorville last Sunday morning, but this now scarce visitor locally could not be relocated later. An immature ICELAND GULL was present Wednesday at Robert Moses State Park, where 12 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were also gathered, their spring numbers on the increase. CASPIAN TERNS, still moving through, on Wednesday included two at Georgica Cove in East Hampton and one at Swan Lake in East Patchogue. A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was reported from Central Park's north end today, and another continues at Rockefeller State Park Preserve in Westchester. An unusual three PHILADELPHIA VIREOS reported this week included one Tuesday at Southards Pond Park in Babylon and singles Thursday in Central Park and at Flushing Meadows Corona Park. A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was present last Friday and Saturday at Pipes Cove Preserve in Greenport West on the North Fork. A good selection of WARBLERS this week featured a female PROTHONOTARY WARBLER at Fort Tryon Park in upper Manhattan on Sunday and a KENTUCKY WARBLER at Brooklyn Bridge Park on Monday and Tuesday. A few YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS this week included one in Central Park to Wednesday and singles Thursday at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn and at Hunter's Garden in Eastport, as well as the continuing birds at the Bayard Cutting Arboretum in Great River. ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS were noted in Central Park from Saturday and at Robert Moses State Park Thursday. Other WARBLERS arriving recently have included TENNESSEE, a MOURNING in Green-Wood Cemetery Tuesday, CERULEAN, BLACKPOLL, CANADA and WILSON'S. A SUMMER TANAGER was found in Green-Wood Cemetery on Tuesday, Migrant BLUE GROSBEAKS were seen at Co-op City in the Bronx on Monday and Tuesday and at Robert Moses State Park yesterday. BLUE GROSBEAK has also returned to its nesting territory in Calverton, and remember, please, do not do anything that might disturb these or any sensitive breeding birds. Among the many other migrants occurring locally have been SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, OLIVE-SIDED, ACADIAN and LEAST FLYCATCHERS, SWAINSON'S THRUSH, and GRASSHOPPER and SEASIDE 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. -- 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)
[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC - addendum 5/5: Bonaparte’s Gull, Philadelphia Vireo, 25 American Warbler spp.
Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City - Thursday, May 5th with additional species found (and over 100 spp. on the day) - The BONAPARTE’S Gull on the Central Park reservoir was still present and observed by active birders to at least half-an-hour before sunset, spending some of that time in the central portion of the reservoir. Many observers gave credit to J. Suzuki for an alert on this always near-rare species for this park (and in recent years understood to be uncommon but not esp. rare within the county, mainly on the Hudson River and also at times on N.Y. Harbor as well as the waters east of Manhattan Island), however some keen birders visiting Central for personal or group “big days” appear to have entered the Bonaparte’s Gull in eBird reports - at the reservoir - as seen in earlier hours of May 5th in addition to the later and more-numerous sightings, and the alerts that had brought those coming later to search. An excellent bird for the date, location and in the circumstance of so many other migrant species as (desired) distractions. A Philadelphia Vireo was seen in Central Park on Thursday and it’s possible that there were more than just one of that species, also possible the species was first found the day prior in that park. Less commonly noted in spring, in general for the county as compared with southbound (or, “autumn”) migration seasons. A minimum of 25 species of American Warblers were found on Thurs., 5/5 in Central Park, and some individuals, as well as some groups involved with non-profit organizations were finding up to 18 - 21+ of those warbler species on the day. Some of those efforts may have included being out 6 to 8+ hours and with the ability to walk many sections of the park. Many observers reported Northern Parula as having nice increases for the day. For Thursday, none of those 25 spp. of warbler were limited to single observers / photographers, and many species were also seen in the multiple & from many locations within Central Park. As mentioned in my previous report, the Chuck-wills-widow found on Wed., May 4th in Central Park’s north end was also photographed by many, and may have had 75+ observers enjoying views through that day. Obviously much more could be reported on; there also has been excellent migration observed thru all of New York County, in N.Y. Ccity and well beyond. Good May birds to all, Tom Fiore N.Y. City -- 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/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC - addendum 5/5: Bonaparte’s Gull, Philadelphia Vireo, 25 American Warbler spp.
Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City - Thursday, May 5th with additional species found (and over 100 spp. on the day) - The BONAPARTE’S Gull on the Central Park reservoir was still present and observed by active birders to at least half-an-hour before sunset, spending some of that time in the central portion of the reservoir. Many observers gave credit to J. Suzuki for an alert on this always near-rare species for this park (and in recent years understood to be uncommon but not esp. rare within the county, mainly on the Hudson River and also at times on N.Y. Harbor as well as the waters east of Manhattan Island), however some keen birders visiting Central for personal or group “big days” appear to have entered the Bonaparte’s Gull in eBird reports - at the reservoir - as seen in earlier hours of May 5th in addition to the later and more-numerous sightings, and the alerts that had brought those coming later to search. An excellent bird for the date, location and in the circumstance of so many other migrant species as (desired) distractions. A Philadelphia Vireo was seen in Central Park on Thursday and it’s possible that there were more than just one of that species, also possible the species was first found the day prior in that park. Less commonly noted in spring, in general for the county as compared with southbound (or, “autumn”) migration seasons. A minimum of 25 species of American Warblers were found on Thurs., 5/5 in Central Park, and some individuals, as well as some groups involved with non-profit organizations were finding up to 18 - 21+ of those warbler species on the day. Some of those efforts may have included being out 6 to 8+ hours and with the ability to walk many sections of the park. Many observers reported Northern Parula as having nice increases for the day. For Thursday, none of those 25 spp. of warbler were limited to single observers / photographers, and many species were also seen in the multiple & from many locations within Central Park. As mentioned in my previous report, the Chuck-wills-widow found on Wed., May 4th in Central Park’s north end was also photographed by many, and may have had 75+ observers enjoying views through that day. Obviously much more could be reported on; there also has been excellent migration observed thru all of New York County, in N.Y. Ccity and well beyond. Good May birds to all, Tom Fiore N.Y. City -- 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/ --
