- RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * April 27, 2012 * NYNY1204.27
- Birds Mentioned: MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD+ WHITE-FACED IBIS+ (+ Details requested by NYSARC) Cattle Egret Spotted Sandpiper Solitary Sandpiper Lesser Yellowlegs UPLAND SANDPIPER Red Knot Semipalmated Sandpiper Least Sandpiper Short-billed Dowitcher Wilson's Snipe Iceland Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull GULL-BILLED TERN Caspian Tern Black Skimmer Ruby-throated Hummingbird Great Crested Flycatcher Eastern Kingbird Yellow-throated Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Veery Wood Thrush Blue-winged Warbler Orange-crowned Warbler Nashville Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler Cape May Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER Prairie Warbler Cerulean Warbler Black-and-white Warbler American Redstart PROTHONOTARY WARBLER Worm-eating Warbler Ovenbird Northern Waterthrush KENTUCKY WARBLER Common Yellowthroat Hooded Warbler Scarlet Tanager Rose-breasted Grosbeak BLUE GROSBEAK Indigo Bunting Baltimore Oriole Purple Finch 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 nysa...@nybirds.org . If electronic submission is not possible, hardcopy reports and photos or sketches are welcome. Hardcopy documentation should be mailed to: Jeanne Skelly - Secretary NYS Avian Records Committee (NYSARC) 420 Chili-Scottsville Rd. Churchville, NY 14428 ~ Transcript ~ Hotline: New York City Area Rare Bird Alert Weekly Recording: (212) 979-3070 To report sightings call: Tom Burke (212) 372-1483 (weekdays) Tony Lauro (631) 734-4126 Compilers: Tom Burke, Tony Lauro Coverage: New York City, Long Island, Westchester County Transcriber: Karen Fung [~BEGIN RBA TAPE~] Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, April 27th at 7:00pm. The highlights of today's tape are MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD, WHITE-FACED IBIS, YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER, PROTHONOTARY WARBLER, KENTUCKY WARBLER, BLUE GROSBEAK, GULL-BILLED TERN, and UPLAND SANDPIPER. A good spring week, thanks in part to a material storm that swept a decent number of migrants up the coast with it. A few rarities also appeared, certainly topped by the report of a male MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD seen midday Monday from Montauk Point, the bird working its way west along the north shore of the Point. Some damage to the right tip of the forked tail could identify this individual should it be seen elsewhere, but there have been no subsequent sightings yet. Another good bird locally was an adult WHITE-FACED IBIS initially spotted at the south end of the West Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Tuesday afternoon, and seen again there on Wednesday morning. The ibis appeared with a number of Glossy Ibis near Bench 7. In recent years when a White-faced has been visiting Jamaica Bay, besides this location one has also been seen in the marsh south of the West Pond or along the West Pond shore at the north end, or in the adjacent marsh north of the West Pond. The ibises usually feed in the marshes and come into the pond periodically to bathe and drink. Some good activity began last Saturday in Central Park with a finding of a PROTHONOTARY WARBLER and a nearby female BLUE GROSBEAK at the north end. Other warblers noted that day included a continuing ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER at the north end, and CAPE MAY WARBLER, WORM-EATING WARBLER, and HOODED WARBLER. During the week, additional warblers appearing there featured BLUE-WINGED WARBLER, NASHVILLE WARBLER, BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER, BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER, a CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER today, more PRAIRIE WARBLERS and BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLERS, an AMERICAN REDSTART today, OVENBIRD, NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH, COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, and another highlight: a KENTUCKY WARBLER found just west of the Shakespeare Garden today. Other notables this week in Central have included SOLITARY SANDPIPER, SPOTTED SANDPIPER, RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD, GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER since Monday, EASTERN KINGBIRD, four species of vireos including YELLOW-THROATED VIREO, VEERY, WOOD THRUSH, SCARLET TANAGER, ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK, INDIGO BUNTING, BALTIMORE ORIOLE, and a few PURPLE FINCHES. Prospect Park has also had a couple of surprises, especially the UPLAND SANDPIPER visiting Long Meadow early on Wednesday morning. WILSON'S SNIPE was also there Wednesday, and among the various warblers reported was an early CERULEAN WARBLER on Thursday. In Bryant Park, a male PROTHONOTARY WARBLER found Monday was still being reported today. The bird feeds in the trees surrounding the green, behind the New York Public Library just below 42nd Street, east of 6th Avenue. It circulates about the park, occasionally coming down lower. A few other species of warblers and WOOD THRUSH have also been seen there. The Sunday-Monday storm dropped a few BLUE GROSBEAKS and other birds along the south shore of Long Island. A BLUE GROSBEAK found Tuesday at Gilgo, usually east of the restrooms there, was still present today. Other Tuesday BLUE GROSBEAKS included one near the Wantagh Parkway at Jones Beach and one in Queens at the All Faiths Cemetery in Middle Village. Accompanying the grosbeaks were scattered flocks of INDIGO BUNTINGS, and also found in the Jones area were a CATTLE EGRET at the West End Tuesday, a GULL-BILLED TERN at Gilgo Wednesday, and such shorebirds at West End as SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER, SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER, and RED KNOT. A HOODED WARBLER was also at West End Monday, when several LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were noted: one at West End, three at Captree State Park, one at Robert Moses State Park, and one at Heckscher State Park, this joined by an ICELAND GULL. The YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER found on the 19th at Connetquot State Park was still singing near the fish hatchery restrooms, at least to Monday. Birds reported from Mecox Bay this week have included up to three CASPIAN TERNS and a BLACK SKIMMER. A PROTHONOTARY WARBLER was at Terrell River County Park last Sunday, and other arrivals have included LESSER YELLOWLEGS, LEAST SANDPIPER, and RED-EYED VIREO. To phone in reports on Long Island, call Tony Lauro at (631) 734-4126, or weekdays call Tom Burke at (212) 372-1483. This service is sponsored by the Linnaean Society of New York and the National Audubon Society. Thank you for calling. 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